Moko; or Maori Tattooing 1st ed 1896
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Author: Robley, Major-General
Title: Moko; or Maori Tattooing
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman and Hall
Date Published: 1896
Description:
Author: Robley, Major-General
Title: Moko; or Maori Tattooing
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman and Hall
Date Published: 1896
Description:
xxi, 216 pp. Frontispiece plate and 180 illustrations from drawings by the author and from photographs. (4to) 29x22.5 cm (11¼x8¾") original brown cloth, lettered in gilt, black tattoo illustration on covers. First Edition.
With bookplate of I. Eliot. Hodgkin on front pastedown. An important and scarce work on New Zealand Maori tattoo art. This scholarly study relates how moko became known to Europeans and discusses such aspects as the distinctions between men's and women's moko, patterns and designs, etc.
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Rubbed at edges, especially spine ends and corners; light foxing at fore edges of leaves; very good.
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Moko; or Maori Tattooing 1st ed 1896
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